politics_vocab.txt

revision/reform; to revise/reform; to be revised/reformed

review/examination (usu. of a plan or a proposal); to examine/review/consider (a plan or a proposal)

response

to start

establish(a committee/group)

to postpone

candidate

authoritarian

by itself; solo

one-on-one talk; one-on-one summit talk

to be elected; an elected person

add(a statement)

to speak(to public); a speech

first lady

opinion

to discuss; discussion

(to make it)mandatory

to appoint; to be appointed

to take on, undertake

to state one's position

to settle in a place

reception(for a guest); to treat (with one)

entertainment(for a guest)

to obey (the law)

discrimination based on region

to support

to attend

invitation

to promote

running for office

to pass away

to disclose a secret

to disclose to the media

to allow

to permit

a topic of interest

regulation; restriction

existing, established

to avoid

a National Assembly member

to lose in an election

to run for office; enter candidacy

the next term

the Presidential Election

used to be (a mayor); came from (Seoul); graduated from (Harvard)

a mayor

a general election

an election for mayor's office

the ruling party; the administration party

the non-government party; the party not in power; the opposition party

provincial governor

vote

a voter

a survey of public opinion

be inaugurated (inauguration ceremony)

the Blue House

The Red Cross

dispersed families

defector

(political) asylum

Panmunjeom (-_-)

SK-NK Red Cross Talk

a summit talk

to request for political asylum

trade

foreign (affairs; trade)

a team of dispersed family visitors

an converted POW (unconverted long-term prisoner)

POW

to survive

be detained

to return; send back

an NK defector

South Korean armed forces

(meeting)reunion of dispersed family

Korean peninsula

to deliver; send; give

to visit Korea

to visit around; visit one (country) after another

economic cooperation

to discuss

stance; position

prime minister

(Korean) prime minister

to return to home country

Democratic Party

Republican Party

The House of Representative (a Representative; member of the House of Representative)

The Senate (a senator)

to attend (attendee)

a vice president

a spokesperson

a (state) governor

a candidate

to televise (live)

policy

an election pledge

a debate (TV debate - between candidates)

the Ministry of foreign affairs

a congress; (city) council

NK nuclear issue

a 6-party talk

a minister(-level) talk

peace(-ful)

to solve (e.g. a problem)

to deploy

to start; establish; depart; sail (away for a long voyage)

reduction of US Forces in SK

Secretary of Defense

Minister of Defense

both countries